<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I posted the same question last week, Specifically about Brill products, and I think someone else asked the same question a couple weeks before that... </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I did find a workaround static url for the New Pauly Encyc of the Ancient world, tho: </div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><a href="https://referenceworks-brill-com.YOUR">https://referenceworks-brill-com.YOUR</a> PROXY HERE/display/package/bnpo?contents=mrw-package-toc</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">:~)</div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Laura Streett</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Vassar College</div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 5, 2026 at 1:41 PM Electronic Resources in Libraries discussion list via Eril-l <<a href="mailto:eril-l@lists.eril-l.org">eril-l@lists.eril-l.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hello,</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Is anyone else getting the "Unspecified server error" message when attempting to use access content on the DeGruyter Brill site? We get occasional reports of this issue but I don't know how often our users encounter this error and don't report the issue. We seem to be able to move past the error by reloading the page but sometimes it takes multiple (5 or more) reload attempts.</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I contacted De Gruyter in March and they indicated it was a known issue and to monitor their status page ( <a href="https://www.degruyterbrill.com/status" target="_blank">https://www.degruyterbrill.com/status</a> ). At the time the page did indicate a problem on their end and to try reloading the page or using a different browser. Now the site indicates "Website: operating normally."</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thank you,</div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:left">Kenyon Stuart</div><div><div style="text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Electronic</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Resource</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Management</span> Unit</div><div style="text-align:left">320 Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library</div><div style="text-align:left">University of Michigan</div><div style="text-align:left">Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1190 USA</div><font color="#000000"><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#000000">email:</font><span style="color:blue"> <a href="mailto:kstuart@umich.edu" target="_blank">kstuart@umich.edu<br></a></span></div></font></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Apr 6, 2026 at 4:37 PM Electronic Resources in Libraries discussion list via Eril-l <<a href="mailto:eril-l@lists.eril-l.org" target="_blank">eril-l@lists.eril-l.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hello Erin,<div><br></div><div>A few weeks back, on or around the 17th of March, I was frequently but not consistently also getting </div><div><img src="cid:ii_mnnm2iq62" alt="image.png" width="562" height="294"><br></div><div><br></div><div>Sometimes, if I just kept clicking refresh, or going in and out, I could get whatever to resolve properly, but not always. It was a very frustrating day. ;-)</div><div><br></div><div>But today, upon seeing your email (and Kris Ann's), I just tried a few links as well as searches once at De Gruyter and all seems to be working as I would hope and expect.</div><div><br></div><div>In case it is helpful if you decide to contact De Gruyter ...</div><div>Good luck!</div><div>~ Sara</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Apr 6, 2026 at 3:43 PM Electronic Resources in Libraries discussion list via Eril-l <<a href="mailto:eril-l@lists.eril-l.org" target="_blank">eril-l@lists.eril-l.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I just checked and we can access titles through direct links, but any searches we try to do on the degruyterbrill platform itself results in a “Mac challenge attempts exceeded. Please refresh the page to try again!” error. I’m going to
contact support, as well.<u></u><u></u></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(85,85,85)">Electronic Resources & Collections Assessment Librarian</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(85,85,85)"><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Eril-l] Server error for De Gruyter Brill<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">For going on 3 weeks, when we try to access from any of our authenticated IP ranges, or via Seamless Access, we receive a server error like this:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">If we are outside our IP ranges and go to the De Gruyter Brill platform, we are able to access Open Access ebooks just fine. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">De Gruyter technical support is aware of the problem and is working on it (they advise that refreshing the page fixes the server error, but that has not worked for us), but due to the persistence
and length of this issue, we're wondering if anyone else has experienced a similar error with De Gruyter Brill and has any suggestions on a solution?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Erin Block</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)">E-Resources Metadata & Reporting Manager</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)">University of Colorado Boulder Libraries</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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